He's saying the judge was mean to him so his guilty plea doesn't count. He spent years dragging out the case doing all the tricks "beat your ticket" guides say to do. The traffic court judge finally said the fine would be over $400 instead of the usual $200. The speeder judge said he felt pressured into paying and now he's going to take his case all the way to the supreme court (which he sits on, but he'll have to recuse himself). So basically he's like any other whiny defendant. That's not to say he was doing anything wrong when he drove 79 mph on a highway, but he played the game and he lost. In the process he annoyed the judge.

He's lucky. In Georgia annoying a traffic court judge can land you in jail. In Texas it earns you a bigger fine.

He's saying the judge was mean to him so his guilty plea doesn't count. He spent years dragging out the case doing all the tricks "beat your ticket" guides say to do. The traffic court judge finally said the fine would be over $400 instead of the usual $200. The speeder judge said he felt pressured into paying and now he's going to take his case all the way to the supreme court (which he sits on, but he'll have to recuse himself). So basically he's like any other whiny defendant. That's not to say he was doing anything wrong when he drove 79 mph on a highway, but he played the game and he lost. In the process he annoyed the judge.

He's lucky. In Georgia annoying a traffic court judge can land you in jail. In Texas it earns you a bigger fine.

"If they can show I sped with no particular good reason, then I should be found guilty," he said. "That's what I've been prevented from showing - the reason I had to go a little bit over the speed limit at that particular place and time. If you are breaking the law and you have no acceptable defense to that, then surely that is not acceptable conduct. But that is not what I have right now."

Is this judge saying that it's OK to break the law if you have a good reason?

FTA:"If they can show I sped with no particular good reason, then I should be found guilty," he said. "That's what I've been prevented from showing - the reason I had to go a little bit over the speed limit at that particular place and time. If you are breaking the law and you have no acceptable defense to that, then surely that is not acceptable conduct. But that is not what I have right now."

So what's his defense? He's too important to obey the law?

Meyers also has a second case pending in Austin Municipal Court for an unpaid fine after a city red light camera photographed his car running a stoplight at Interstate 35 and East 11th Street in January 2010. Records show Meyers hasn't paid a $75 fine and $25 late fee for the infraction, a civil matter for which defendants don't face arrest.

Meyers said this week that he didn't remember receiving that ticket but promised to investigate and pay any fine he owes.

They should just get that other moran judge down here to give a beating with his belt, like he did his daughter for downloading music.Honestly, my state embarrasses me.- driving like a grandma from now on.

Is this judge saying that it's OK to break the law if you have a good reason?

In Texas exceeding the speed limit is evidence of a crime but is not illegal per se. You can present evidence that you had a good reason or it wasn't unsafe under the circumstances. You can even demand a jury trial.

At work like in the garage, but not in his office. There's an ill-defined principle that one should not disrupt judicial proceedings by executing warrants. Not worth testing over an unpaid ticket.

I understand that, but I would think Judges should be held to a higher standard since they're the ones who sentence us to fines, community service, and/or prison if we've done bad things. I think judges should own up to their own crimes, especially if they plead guilty.

So...if he has a good reason for speeding, why has it taken him 4 years to get around to telling it to a judge? Oh, right, he's full of shiat and should either pay his fine or get thrown in jail for contempt of court.